Watched it last night.....it hasn't aged well
I know it probably set the tone for action movies, but it seems a bit cheesy now.
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MovieChat Forums > Aliens (1986) Discussion > Watched it last night.....it hasn't aged...
Yup
It’s cheesy,in general most 80s films haven’t aged well for me
It certainly seems more dated than The Terminator does.
shareI love the movie, as well as the clunky 80s sci-fi tech (so much better than the sleek tech of modern sci-fi movies). I will state that the way the Marines were handled is dated (not firing from the shoulder, lack of discipline, etc.).
sharemaybe thats how "The Marines" will turn out in 2040 or whenever it is - due to being owned by corporations
shareJust watched it again for the nth time ... I agree some of the special effects don't hold up - it hasn't dated as well as "Alien" which is still reference quality.
However, overall it's still an excellent film. When Ripley is suiting up in the drop ship and then gets prepared in the elevator ride down - damn does she look like she is going to kick some major ass. It's one of the most bad ass scenes ever.
Ripley, who, in this movie, grew into RIPLEY, suited in the Loader that can go toe-to-toe with the Alien Queen and match the Queen’s acid blood with fire, AND who screams THE line of the movie, “Get away from her, you BITCH!”?! That is pure immortality. I am sick unto death of soulless peasants who whine about FX. What trivialities you are. So you dismiss the original King Kong, or Fritz Lang’s Metropolis or Nosferatu because they were “aged” by the technology of their era and you ignore the passion of the story they all tell? Then you are not worth my time; nor are you worth anyone else’s. Prithee, content yourself in your narrow mediocrity, and in your inability to savor that which is eternal. Did da Vinci use pigments that “aged badly” on La Gioconda“?
shareUM....YEAH..YEAH,WHAT THEY SAID!
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it's a product of the 80s... so some bits are kind of lame
overall pretty solid, still.